Jon Shaffer
Jon Shaffer, (born on April 28, 1984), is a musician from the United States, and the guitarist for the band 7 Blue Skies.
Personal life
Shaffer attended St. John Neumann Preparatory High School in Naples FL and graduated in 2002. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. From the years of 1999 to 2002 Shaffer played guitar in a band with 7 Blue Skies bass player Andy Stickel.
Equipment
Amplifiers
- Fryette Pittbull Hundred/CL 100 watt head loaded with EL34s
Fryette Amplification is a registred trademark of Steven Fryette Design, Inc., formerly VHT Amplification. The name change occurred in 2009. Jon was sponsored by VHT amplifiers in 2006 and remains sponsored by Fryette Amplification.
Cabinets
- Mesa Boogie 4x12 Recto Slant Cabinet
- Fryette 2x12 Fat Bottom Cabinet
Guitars
Jon has played PRS guitars exclusively since 2002. All of his PRS guitars have a wide thin neck profile, floating tremolo and a Seymour Duncan "Duncan Distortion" pickup in the bridge position.
- "Southern Bell": PRS Custom 24: Blue Matteo Finish
- "Nadine': PRS Standard 24: Custom Platinum Metallic Finish 9this guitar can be seen in the video for "Disappearing Act"
- "Odessa': PRS Standard 24: Custom Silver Flake Finish (hand painted by Paul Manguso, a longtime friend of Jon's)
Effects
Jon's pedal setup is always evolving but these pedals can almost always be found in his rig.
- Ernie Ball 6166 Volume Pedal
- Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
- MXR Phase 90 (block logo version)
- Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal
- Line 6 FM-4 Filter Modeler
- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler
- Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler
In 2008, Line 6 released a multiple effects processor called the M-13 that has replaced all of Jon's previous Line 6 pedals.
Trivia
- Jon can almost always be seen performing barefoot on stage.
- After college, Jon interned at the same recording studio that 7 Blue Skies recorder their first E.P.
- Jon does some amateur film work, his work can be found on his Vimeo page.